The IME is on. This value indicates that the IME is on and characters specific to Chinese or Japanese can be entered. This setting is valid for Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese IME only.

Off

The IME is off. This mode indicates that the IME is off, meaning that the object behaves the same as English entry mode. This setting is valid for Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese IME only.

Disable

The IME is disabled. With this setting, the users cannot turn the IME on from the keyboard, and the IME floating window is hidden.

Hiragana

Hiragana DBC. This setting is valid for the Japanese IME only.

Katakana

Katakana DBC. This setting is valid for the Japanese IME only.

KatakanaHalf

Katakana SBC. This setting is valid for the Japanese IME only.

AlphaFull

Alphanumeric double-byte characters. This setting is valid for Korean and Japanese IME only.

Alpha

Alphanumeric single-byte characters(SBC). This setting is valid for Korean and Japanese IME only.

An Input Method Editor (IME) allows users to enter and edit Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters. The IME is an essential component for writing Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts. These writing systems have more characters than can be encoded for a regular keyboard. The IMEs for these languages use sequences of base characters that describe an individual character or group of characters to allow you to enter a larger set of characters. Base characters can be component letters from Hangul syllables, phonetic components for Japanese Kanji characters, or various combinations for Chinese characters.